1st Edition

Heiner Müller's The Hamletmachine

By David Barnett Copyright 2016
72 Pages
by Routledge

72 Pages
by Routledge

72 Pages
by Routledge

"I’m good Hamlet gi’me a cause for grief" At first glance, readers of The Hamletmachine (1979) could be forgiven for wondering whether it is actually a play at all: it opens with a montage of texts that are not ascribed to a character, there is no vestige of a plot, and the whole piece lasts a total of ten pages. Yet, Heiner Müller ’s play regularly features in theatres’ repertoires... Read more

Introduction  1. Surveying the Scenes  2. A History of Western Civilisation in Ten Pages  3. Open Sesame?  4. Staging The Hamletmachine  Conclusion

Biography

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David Barnett is a Professor of Theatre at the University of York.